1958-1961 NBC
BAT MASTEYSON Cracked #13, March 1960
w: Paul Laikin
a: Jack Davis
Bat Masterson (Gene Barry) was based on a real-life marshal and gambler.
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BAT MASTEYSON
BAT MASTERSON
1958-1961 NBC
BAT MASTEYSON Cracked #13, March 1960
w: Paul Laikin
a: Jack Davis
Bat Masterson (Gene Barry) was based on a real-life marshal and gambler.
Before Laikin was editor of Cracked, he had taken over from Harvey Kurtzman as main writer for Wildest Westerns, Warren Publications' companion to Famous Monsters of Filmland where Jack Davis had been the main artist and this would have fit right in.
The parody isn't based on any particular conventions of the show, just westerns in general.
Bat is challenged to a game of cards, but shoots the challenger.
The way the strip is staged, there's no way his shoes could have been stepped on, except so that the punchline could refer to current pop lyrics. The song had been four years old by then, but the cycle of a pop culture entity was still slow enough for 'current' to apply.
1958-1961 NBC
BAT MASTEYSON Cracked #13, March 1960
w: Paul Laikin
a: Jack Davis
Bat Masterson (Gene Barry) was based on a real-life marshal and gambler.
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